Unemployment Mauritius
Worrying Situation for Our Graduates
The student population in our institutions is growing fast. In one year, the enrollment rate increased from 44 334 to 45 969. The programs offered by different institutions have also experienced a substantial boom. The latest figures show that the TEC for the year 2012, 772 programs were offered against 660 in 2011. However, a report of the TEC states that despite this growth, graduates come up against enormous difficulties.
30 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Unemployment: Prospects Pessimistic?
The latest official unemployment figures are alarming in Mauritius: 13,700 more unemployed between March 2012 and March 2013. 37% of 52 500 unemployed people under 15, while 8200 are heads of households.
10 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Youth Unemployment: Shakeel Mohamed Points to Youth and Private Sector
For Shakeel Mohamed, Minister of Labour, two reasons for the high unemployment rate among young people in Mauritius are related to youth themselves, and private sector companies. In addition, it encourages emigration in the workplace.
05 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Shakeel Mohamed Feels the Need to Encourage Young People to Explore Employment Opportunities Abroad
The latest report from Statistics Mauritius on the employment situation shows an increase in the unemployment rate, which rose from 7.4% in 2012 to 8.1% in 2013. Mauritius now has 52,500 unemployed, 30 400 women and 22 100 men, including 19,000 under the age of 25 years.
04 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
1Q 2013, Unemployment: 52,500 Mauritians Looking for Job
The situation continues to deteriorate on the unemployment front, now with 52,500 unemployed in the first quarter this year. The unemployment rate will rise to 8.3% this year, against 8.1% in 2012, provides Statistics Mauritius in a report released Wednesday.
27 Jun 2013, business.mega.mu
Youth Unemployment
Employment prospects for young people have been the subject of a debate for or against the issue, led by Jugdish Joypaul on Radio Plus.
18 Jun 2013, business.mega.mu
19,050 Employees Seeking Alternative Employment
The figures speak for themselves. Some 19,050 people who already have a permanent job have registered in various employment offices across the country in March. They are looking for a better job, more profitable. Among there are 12,574 men and 6,476 women.
17 Jun 2013, business.mega.mu
Dismissals: Worrying Trend
The resilience shown by local businesses deal with the global economic crisis in 2008 seems to dissipate this year. Official figures speak for themselves: 722 employees were laid off for economic reasons from January to April 2013, 180 layoffs recorded per month.
11 Jun 2013, business.mega.mu
The Job Market Falls 44%
Job seekers still have a hard time because the job opportunities fell by 44% in the first four months of the year compared to the same period in 2012. Figures compiled by the Ministry of Labour says it all: 6500 vacancies have been available since the beginning of the year to 38,000 applicants, more than 19,000 unemployed. To complicate matters, the outlook is more favorable.
28 May 2013, business.mega.mu
Profile of the 48,300 Unemployed in the Country
The list of unemployed is growing. Who are they? How old are they? Have they ever worked before? Statistics Mauritius reveals all the details of the unemployed in a report published Friday.
18 May 2013, business.mega.mu
Solution Lies in Entrepreneurship: Graduates Called…
Young, dynamic, intelligent, they have everything to succeed. But despite their qualifications and skills, many of our graduates are now unemployed. In a context marked by economic crisis, finding a job is not an easy task.
04 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu
Youth Unemployment: What is the Youth Employment Program?
The show "For or against? "Was interested in the Youth Employment Program. For more information, journalist Jugdish Joypaul called on his tray, Roland Dubois, advisor to the Ministry of Finance and Co-Chair of Working Group Skill, Ragaven Raj, CFO of Human Resource Development Council (HRDC), Chanda Ghoora member of Secretariat Working Group and Skill Imrith Rashid, president of the Federation of Trade Unions in the public sector.
04 Feb 2013, business.mega.mu
Partnership Public / Private: YEP Face The Suffering Of Youth Unemployment
With the proclamation of the results of School Certificate (SC) and Higher School Certificate (HSC) and very soon the end of the academic year, the problem of unemployment among young people aged 16 to 30 years could experience further deterioration.
03 Feb 2013, business.mega.mu
Roland Dubois: Rs 330 Million to Promote Youth Employment "
The latest budget mentions the establishment of the Youth Employment Programme. Under the aegis of the Ministry of Finance, aims to find ways for hiring unemployed youth. Senior Advisor to the Ministry, Roland Dubois, explains the philosophy of the programmme.
04 Jan 2013, business.mega.mu
Unemployment in Mauritius: 20,500 Young People under 25 Unemployed
The youth unemployment remains a source of concern. Of 47 100 registered unemployed in the country, 20,500 are aged under 25 years. Other statistical challenges: 13,100 Mauritians are looking for a job for more than a year.
24 Dec 2012, business.mega.mu
37,600 Unemployed Looking For A Job
1300 jobs will be created this year. Thus, the labour force increased from 536,700 in 2011 to 538,000 in 2012. As for unemployment, it will amount to 8% in 2012 against 7.9% in 2011. This is indicated by Statistics Mauritius in its latest report on employment.
02 Oct 2012, business.mega.mu
Employment Increases In Services But Also Fell Sharply
The service sector is recruiting more, while production and manufacturing declines sharply. The numbers have fallen on Tuesday 25 September.
27 Sep 2012, business.mega.mu
Unemployment Among 16-24 Years Olds: Rate Higher than Average
Figures concerned. A report of the Mauritius Employers Federation (MEF), published Friday, August 17, entitled The Challenge of Youth Employment, shows that the unemployment rate among 16-24 year olds reached 22, 1% for the first quarter of this year.
20 Aug 2012, business.mega.mu
Le Secteur de L’habillement Enregistre une Perte D’emplois
Les pertes d’emplois (environ huit cents) enregistrées au premier trimestre de 2012 sont dans le secteur de l’habillement. Le nombre d’entreprises tournées vers l’exportation a connu une baisse passant de 356 à la fin de décembre 2011 à 354 à la fin du premier trimestre de 2012.
02 Jul 2012, business.mega.mu
Labor Market: 38 707 Job Seekers For 2,433 Vacancies
Equation difficult to solve. If, on the one hand, the number of unemployed registered with the employment office is growing, 19,174 according to official data Ministry of Labour, on the other, the number of positions available on the market if is greatly reduced, as evidenced by the number of jobs reported for the month of May, 2433 that, a thousand less than in April (3436).
21 Jun 2012, business.mega.mu